by Mary Carver | Mar 8, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last fall I went to the Allume Conference and met lots of bloggers and writers. Many of them were friends of friends or they were familiar names/faces I just hadn’t met in person. But lots of them were simply brand-new-to-me bloggers. And even though the...
by Mary Carver | Jan 4, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life
Someone asked me last week (or the week before…it’s all kind of blurring together, you know?) what’s been the most surprising about the book launch process. I could list lots of things that have not met my expectations and even more things that have...
by Mary Carver | Dec 8, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
All the grandparents want to know what Annalyn and Adrienne need for Christmas. And I am no help. What do they need? Truly? NOTHING. What do they want? I don’t know. Nothing. Everything. Whatever’s in front of them for the moment. And books. They...
by Mary Carver | Dec 2, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, Giving Up on Perfect
For the last several years – since my cousins (and then I) started having kids, I think – we’ve drawn names for Christmas gifts. Don’t tell, but I cheat. I try to peek at the names before I draw them and if that doesn’t work, I trade with...
by Mary Carver | Nov 19, 2015 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
Sometimes it’s hard to get into the holiday spirit. Or it just doesn’t FEEL like the holidays for some reason. Sometimes the holidays just plain make you sad. That’s okay. Even when the holidays come with as many (or more) hard parts as they bring...
